a lumn ae now best that we can. My husband, Andrew, continues to work at Peapod and goes kiteboarding whenever possible. My oldest son Alexander is 25 and working in Chicago near us. Our youngest son Mac, 18, decided to take a gap year and is, as I write, about to leave New Zealand for Australia.” Bev Bryan Vernon checked in as well. She is teaching third grade in Hingham. Her family sold their farm, NimBaCoVa, so Bev doesn’t make it to Virginia as often. She spends a lot of the summer sailing in Massachusetts. She shares good news about her cousin and our late classmate, Alice Jones Moore. We are happy to hear that Alice’s second grandchild, Rebecca Lacy Moore was born in March 2016, joining her 2 year old brother Preston! Alice lives on in our hearts and through these precious children! Mary Lou Henderson Clarke and husband Seldon celebrated the wedding of their son, Seldon in October. He married a young woman named Mary "Louise" Bance '05, just like his dear old Dad! Love is in the air…. Buffy Woods Anderson’s son John is engaged and she is over the moon! Sallie Jo Hadley is still hard at work as a psychiatrist in NYC, working in the field of autism and developmental disabilities. SJ has another life though; she writes “I guess my latest news is taking the plunge and doing my own solo cabaret show in NYC! It's called "Bustin' Loose" (or some variation) on the liberation of Sallie Jo Hadley.” So much talent in such a tiny person! Page Laughlin writes, “I am still a Professor of Art at Wake Forest University! I try and get into the painting studio when I can, but the life of a working mom usually takes over. My daughter Parrish is graduating from high school and will attend Chapel Hill (although she may travel to South Korea for a year before going to college.)” Big news — Lynda Richardson is now the new Art Director for “Virginia Wildlife Magazine.” Contact her with your photos and ideas at lynda. richardson@dgif.virginia.gov. See you in April if not before! If you have class news, let me know!
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Meredith Owen Holbrook, 6 Ridgewood Rd., St. Louis, MO 63124; meredithholbrook@hotmail.com
Dear Classmates, sincere apologies for not submitting an entry in the last alumnae magazine issue. An unfortunate chain of events in February led to my dear dad's passing away, which kept me from meeting the deadline. I updated a very dated email list and ask for future updates be sent to me or to Mary Butler at mbutler@st.catherines. org. I know you all join me in wishing condolences to others who have lost loved ones recently: Jody Farley McGrew on the death of her mother and Dede Clinger Andrews on the loss of her father. Marty Pollard Easton sent me an item from the Diocese of Southern Virginia newsletter which stated that Stewart Mason Tabb has recently been
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1981 Classmates enjoyed the “Party through the Decades” at their 35th Reunion. Front row L to R: Suzy Preston, Julia Michael Given, Back row: Cecelia Faulkner Soscia, Sarah Gibson Wiley, Mary Margaret Smithers Kastelberg, Nancy Jordan Messina, Maria Williams Swindell
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Meredith Owen Holbrook ’78 (left) had a serendipitous visit with Elaine Powell Cook ’78 (right) on a chilly February morning outside the Cloister Chapel in Sea Island, Ga.
installed as the new Rector of Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Norfolk. Congratulations Stewart! This is great news! Marty also reported that she attended the lovely Atlanta wedding of Jody's daughter in May along with Mary Buford James Jenkins and Anne Hays Talley Cosentino ’76. Stacy Alexander Stacey reports that her daughter is a senior at the Potomac School and has been accepted at the University of Alabama. She will visit Beth McRee Stallings’ daughter, Mary Figuers Stallings ’14, this fall for a taste of ’Bama football and the sorority life. I had a serendipitous visit with Elaine Powell Cook on a chilly February morning outside the Cloister Chapel in Sea Island, Ga. We spied each other as we were seated across the aisle and could not wait to get outside after the service for a big and loud embrace and long overdue visit. Elaine stays busy with work and with her children, one a freshman at Athens Academy and another who is a freshman at Sewanee. She would love to hear from anyone who might also have a child at Sewanee and also would love to offer some local hospitality in the way of a home cooked meal to anyone with a child at the University of Georgia. Lastly, I would like to offer my job as class correspondent to anyone who might be interested in taking over. My challenge is retrieving news via email and I think perhaps someone living in the Virginia area would be more likely to gather reports just by bumping into people and through the local grapevine. If interested, please let me know, or contact Mary Butler at mbutler@st.catherines.org.
Needs correspondent!
We were saddened to learn of the death of Landon Henry, son of boarder Kate Roberts Henry. On a much happier note, Kate’s 23 year old daughter Riley is a first year student at University of Richmond School of Law! Kate writes, “I am looking forward to being reacquainted with Richmond.”
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Madeline Hutcheson Mayhood, 7441 Hill Dr., Richmond, VA 23225; madeline7@gmail.com
Vivien Godfrey writes, "I am enjoying running my two family businesses, one in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and the other in Loudon, England. I'm also enjoying spending vacations with my four grandkids."
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New correspondent: Julia Michael Given, julia.given@gmail.com
Hello class of ’81! I, your new correspondent Julia Michael Given, already like my new job as class correspondent. Maria Williams Swindell turned over the reins at our 35th reunion back in April. It was great hearing from so many of you. And if any of you didn’t hear from me via email, drop me a note at the email above to update your email address. Our class turned out “in force” for our 35th reunion and for the 125th anniversary of St. Catherine’s. We had a delicious Friday dinner at Sallie Cecil Stillwell’s house that went late into the night, followed by the traditional full day of activities on campus on Saturday. A lot of us then attended the wonderful Party Through the Decades gala on the Green on Saturday evening. Many of our boarding classmates stayed at the new Quirk Hotel in downtown Richmond for the weekend, including Aurelia Stafford Monk, Shepherd McMillan Poole, Stacy Benner Lendrim, Hope Holding Bryant, Kate McClintock Trammell, Margaret Coker Hungerford, Perry Liles Lucas,